7th Apr 2006, 05:22

7th Apr 2006, 08:14

Many of these SRI Turbos made in excess of 210 BHP in standard form at a recent rolling road I attended, and it did seem accurate as many cars were making book figures... lets think shall we eh... before we comment.

10th Apr 2006, 18:46

11th Apr 2006, 05:54

As someone else stated, the astra GSI is quite a bit faster than the Sri Turbo, and from past experience of having the pleasure of driving both I can honestly agree with this comment. I "really" can't see the SRI turbo dipping below the 7sec mark from 0-60.

11th Apr 2006, 11:15

Please explain why you think the GSi is "quite a bit faster than the SRi turbo". Both cars have the same engine, and weight the same (if anything the GSi is a little heavier), with the GSi having just 8bhp extra from a re-mapped ECU.

16th Apr 2006, 07:03

17th Apr 2006, 18:25

The heavier Astra Coupe turbo has been officially timed at 7.3 seconds from 0 to 60. Because of the lower weight, the Astra SRi turbo hatch will beat that time by at least a few tenths of a second.... although it probably wouldn't quite match the slightly more powerful GSi's time (6.6 seconds).

24th Apr 2006, 19:12

8th May 2006, 15:25

I am one of the owners of a flame red Astra SRi Turbo and am also a regional organiser for a well known Astra site.

There are only 500 of these cars and 20 in red. The other 2 colours available are Silver and Black.

The facts about the car are that vauxhall declared the car as 189bhp to make insurance companies view the car as slightly underpowered, and therefore giving it a group 15 rating. However, every one that I have seen on a rollers has hit 200+. The GSI is the same car and same setup, but has a revised map to make the power delivery smoother.

The cars book performance is 0-60mph in 7 seconds, but I can assure you it is closer to 6 seconds. My last 1/4 mile time at Santapod raceway was 14.6 sec @ 96mph. to give you an idea of the 0-100mph.

People whom have driven these cars think they are not that quick. The reason for this being that power is introduced low in the rev range and is progressive. This therefore doesn't give you the aggressive 'kick' that say an escort cosworth would give you.

The SRI Turbos were also given a slightly stiffer suspension package than the GSi as the suspension is OPC.

My car is presently tuned to 239bhp and 310ibft and can easily stay with a standard WRX Impreza. However, I would assume the P1 would be a different matter.

4th Mar 2007, 05:16

29th Nov 2008, 09:29

I also am a lucky owner of the red SRi turbo Astra. I love it. Especially when you get someone behind ya in a Merc or a BMW, then you just leave him standin sniffin your smoke. I don't know what power its got and don't really care, I just know it's better than my mate's GSi.

7th Jan 2010, 15:33

I have a red SRi Turbo. I don't know what power it's got at all. I've not looked after it, though it gets used for work and it's got paint all over it. I've never had brakes changed at the rear, and I've never changed the air filter. But it's still mint. I don't believe in making it any faster than what it is, cos it already annoys enough people for me.